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Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by kbenson on Saturday June 07, 2014 @11:14AM (#7862266)
And Jeph Jacques, from the aforementioned Questionable Content: http://www.patreon.com/jephjacques

Keep in mind these people also still have their other sources of income: book runs, merchandise, etc.

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Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by jerf on Saturday June 07, 2014 @12:46PM (#7862450)
Yes, Patreon is really transformative for those people who haven't had other means of monetizing.

I really think that in the long term Patreon is more important than Kickstarter for the arts. Kickstarter by its nature is much splashier and makes the big news articles, but it's Patreon that changes lives by chugging along month after month after month after month.

Can you imagine what Watterson could get directly from the public on Patreon? Most assuredly a better offer than any newspaper could ever offer him now.

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Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by kbenson on Saturday June 07, 2014 @10:21PM (#7863782)
I was thinking that exact same thing (re: Watterson and Patreon) after I wrote that.
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